invade A2 Topic:Verbs of Movement Also spelled invadin US /ɪnˈveɪd/ See IPA manual Freq #9555 Meanings 1 verb To enter a country or area with an army in order to take control of it. Enemy troops invaded the small country at dawn. 2 verb To enter a place in large numbers, often where you are not wanted. Tourists invade the beach town every summer. 3 verb To interfere with or violate someone's privacy or rights. The press should not invade people's private lives. 4 verb To spread harmfully into a body, as a disease or virus does. The virus quickly invaded the patient's lungs. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to enter a country or area... occupy 2 verb · to enter a place in large... overrun 3 verb · to interfere with or... intrude onencroach upon ↔ Opposites evade Word family Forms invadedinvadesinvading Derived forms bioinvadecoinvadecounterinvadeinvadableinvadeeinvaderinvadosomenoninvadednoninvadingreinvadeuninvaded Etymology AI details From Latin invādō (“enter, invade”). *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European invādō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Verbs of Movement Places & Geography External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # invade **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈveɪd/ **Frequency rank:** 9555 ## Meanings 1. To enter a country or area with an army in order to take control of it. 2. To enter a place in large numbers, often where you are not wanted. 3. To interfere with or violate someone's privacy or rights. 4. To spread harmfully into a body, as a disease or virus does. ## Examples - Enemy troops invaded the small country at dawn. - Tourists invade the beach town every summer. - The press should not invade people's private lives. - The virus quickly invaded the patient's lungs. ## Antonyms - evade ## Derived Forms - bioinvade - coinvade - counterinvade - invadable - invadee - invader - invadosome - noninvaded - noninvading - reinvade - uninvaded ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *weh₂dʰ- - Root: invādō ## Etymology From Latin invādō (“enter, invade”). ## AI Etymology Invade comes from Latin invādō (“enter, invade”). The historical line also includes *weh₂dʰ-. ## Topics - Verbs of Movement - Places & Geography markdown